Reviews and other ponderings
Lest we forget, the whole point of this blog is to record my efforts to listen to 52 full length Librivox audiobooks in a year. This is week 26, and I am in the middle of my 26th audiobook. All seemed to be going to plan, until, today, my iPod cut out in the middle [...]
I wanted to start Ulysses on Bloomsday, to give me an added incentive to read a book I have attempted so many times before. The whole book was only just ready in time, so I downloaded the first chapter from the forum page, to have something to be getting on with.I had some chores to [...]
Get it here.A real surprise. I expected Agatha Christie, and got P G Wodehouse with added death. Very funny in places, and written with the touch of an angel. And all the clues are there, if you want to solve the riddle yourself. But there is a lot going on besides the mystery, including a [...]
Get it here.A can’t really give a brief outline of the plot without giving it all away – and a great deal of the effect of the story derives from the surprise ending.I have read some Balzac, but had forgotten how beautifully he writes – he can take a long time to get to the [...]
Get it hereAt first I was fairly sure I would not enjoy this book. It starts slowly, but I could not work out why – Mr James writes very well, but I felt it lacked something. At the start of chapter four I realised what it was: dialogue. Because when it starts, things really start [...]